18 Facts About Jesse Watters

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Jesse Bailey Watters was born on July 9,1978 and is an American conservative political commentator on Fox News.

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Jesse Watters frequently appeared on the political talk show The O'Reilly Factor and was known for his man-on-the-street interviews, featured in his segment "Watters' World", which would become its own show in 2015.

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Jesse Watters was raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, son of Stephen Hapgood Jesse Watters, a teacher, and child psychologist Anne Purvis, daughter of Morton Bailey, Jr.

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Jesse Watters' paternal grandfather, Franklin Benjamin Jesse Watters, was a cardiologist at the Veterans Administration Hospital at Newington, Connecticut, and a professor at the University of Connecticut Medical Dental School.

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Jesse Watters has some Irish ancestry on his father's side.

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Jesse Watters grew up in the Germantown and then East Falls neighborhoods.

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Jesse Watters attended the William Penn Charter School through junior year, before moving with his family to Long Island in New York.

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On June 11,2014, Jesse Watters debuted on the Fox News show Outnumbered, later occasionally appearing as a guest co-host.

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On November 20,2015, Jesse Watters debuted his own monthly Fox News program, Jesse Watters' World.

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Jesse Watters' World ended on January 15,2022, while Jesse Watters continues to serve as co-host of The Five.

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Video of the incident shows Jesse Watters then grabbing Grim's phone and throwing it on the floor, and later grabbing it again and putting it in his pocket.

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In October 2016, Jesse Watters was criticized for a segment of Jesse Watters' World that was widely considered racist toward Asian Americans.

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In New York City's Chinatown, Jesse Watters asked Chinese Americans if they knew karate, if he should bow before he greets them, or if their watches were stolen.

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Fox News indicated their support for Jesse Watters, saying he "was using a metaphor", and that his comments "had been twisted completely out of context".

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Jesse Watters is registered to vote as a member of the Conservative Party of New York State.

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Jesse Watters married Noelle Inguagiato in 2009 and had twin daughters with her.

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Noelle filed for divorce in 2018 after Jesse Watters admitted to an affair with a producer on his show, Emma DiGiovine.

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Jesse Watters announced his engagement to DiGiovine in August 2019 and they married in December of the same year.